terrify

[US]/ˈterɪfaɪ/
[UK]/ˈterɪfaɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. aiheuttaa äärimmäistä pelkoa; pelästyttää; säikäyttää.
Word Forms
Past Participleterrified
Third Person Singularterrifies
Present Participleterrifying
Past Tenseterrified

Phrases & Collocations

terrifying experience

pelottava kokemus

terrified expression

pelästynyt ilme

Example Sentences

terrify (sb.) into doing

pelästyttää (jonkun) tekemään

What a terrifying experience!

Mitä kauhea kokemus!

The most terrifying aspect of nuclear bombing is radiation.

ydinpommituksen pelottavin osa on säteily.

This movie is by turn (= alternately) terrifying and very funny.

Tämä elokuva on vuorotellen pelottava ja erittäin hauska.

the terrifying, metallic clamour of the fire-engine bell.

pelottava, metallinen palokellon pauhu.

he'd subjected her to a terrifying ordeal.

hänet oli altistettu kauhealle kokemukselle.

He is a man of enormous size and terrifying aspect.

Hän on mies, jolla on valtava koko ja pelottava ulkonäkö.

That sort of thing terrifies people.

Tällainen asia pelottaa ihmisiä.

I had a terrifying journey on the pillion seat of a Honda 750.

Minulla oli pelottava matka Honda 750:n takapenkillä.

a road that seemed to just shoot upwards at a terrifying angle.

tie, joka näytti ampavan suoraan ylöspäin jyrkässä kulmassa.

A terrifying scream in the blackness of the night made my blood run cold.

Pelottava huuto yön pimeydessä sai vereni jäähtymään.

Real-world Examples

For instance, quite frankly, the very thought of it terrifies me.

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The way that it moves terrifies me.

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Terrified the house-elves out of their wits—" Clang. "

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

And it is hard not to be terrified when you encounter it.

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He meets a single mother Kitty, herself terrified of poverty and a relationships develops.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2016

They're a force to be reckoned with and quite frankly, terrifying at times, like me.

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The group called the Alabama high court's decision " terrifying" for people affected by infertility.

Source: This month VOA Special English

You shouldn't, sir. You should be terrified.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

Sometimes I vibrate with such rage, it terrifies me.

Source: American Horror Story Season 1

It terrifies me for the young girls.

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